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Politics

McCain Picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Damon Root | 8.29.2008 11:13 AM

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It's Palin, folks. Looks like McCain does want those disgruntled Hillary voters. And Palin's strong anti-abortion views won't hurt with the social cons either.

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of three books, including A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books). His latest book is Emancipation War: The Fall of Slavery and the Coming of the Thirteenth Amendment (Potomac Books).

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